What have you done to your bike today?

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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby ALOSTMIND on Sat May 22, 2010 11:29 am

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nice slicks to these

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£100 from BMF ! nice set of Dunlops !

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from this foot peg to

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50P ye 50P from BMF ! Just need a coat of black paint !
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby stillstrange on Sat May 22, 2010 8:50 pm

Finished flushing the rad, refilled with correct coolant mix, warmed up the bike and ........... The fans came on and no overflow :dance: :dance: :dance:


After that installed some BikeVis led's to help cars see me, and gave the bike a damn good clean :D :D

Will put some pics up once i work out how to do that :o
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Phil_Norwich on Sat May 22, 2010 9:58 pm

stillstrange wrote:Will put some pics up once i work out how to do that :o


viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8 ;)
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby stillstrange on Sun May 23, 2010 1:29 pm

Cheers Phil

I thought it would be something like that, Never got round to setting up a photobucket account yet. Suppsoe now is a good reason.
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Phil_Norwich on Fri Jun 04, 2010 1:17 pm

Stripped the bike for a clean on Monday as it got filthy on Sundays ride, covered in loads of gravel stuff! While there I thought I'd do a oil and filter change.

Got my suspicions confirmed that my exhaust was blowing so I'll try and get that off today!
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Phil_Norwich on Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:38 pm

Got the exhaust off, took me a trip to the garage to borrow some tools to get the bastard off.

It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, a couple of people said its a nightmare. It had its moments, firstly one of the studs snapped

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Then on the front pipes the thread came out with the stud

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Then I had to sort out the mess of exhaust bandage and clamps which a previous owner had bodged on.

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Then I managed to take the front pipes out and admire my lovely corroded collars

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The pile of crap I was left with

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So I've got to get some new gaskets, new stainless collars. Take them to a guy in Attleborough to weld them on. Get some new studs and nuts and fit the bastard back together!

S'all fun and games!
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby ALOSTMIND on Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:12 pm

got it MOT'd checked it all over found number plate light out ! so replaced it , must have caught the indicater wires as when i got there they never worked (wire off) loose nut on dial mount (he was good at his job) slight warp on back brake disc (not bad but there) oooopps (this means a wavey might have to go on) and i replaced the back pads as they had a chip in them (that was a bitch) all i'll say is if your pads are held in with a pin check they are greased and free !!! 31051 miles last year this year 39579 (you work it out i had to)
So all is well gonna give it a clean (while the sun is out)
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby stillstrange on Sun Jun 27, 2010 11:32 pm

Oil and filter change and general check over before MOT tuesday. Only thing is i need a bigger drip tray as now have a minor oil stain on the driveway :wall:
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Rach on Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:53 am

Had a new diablo strada back tyre fitted last week :dance: Then the week before was on the way back from hunstanton and realised my indicators had stopped working! Had a look behind the front fairing and the relay was missing!........phoned triumph...£42!!!!! :o After a bit of ringing round i found one for £15 in wales :thumbup:
Going to give it a good wash and polish this week ready for Boston bike night on thursday :dance:
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby oily85 on Fri Jul 02, 2010 8:46 pm

Rigged up a toggle switch near the handlebars as the ignition switch on my trackbike and changed the fuel filler cap, as I lost the keys to my trackbike when I last went to Cadwell :oops: .

Also at Cadwell the clutch slip I'd been having got much worse, so I've changed the clutch plates and springs. The old ones had hardly any wear, except on one plate, which was only worn in a very small area. There are 7 plates and one is different to all the others, it has a bigger hole in the middle to clear the anti-rattle spring. Some numpty who's worked on the bike before I got it put the different plate, and the anti-rattle spring, at the wrong end of the clutch, so where the odd plate should be, a normal plate has been running on an area about 3mm wide. It would probably have lasted several thousand miles with normal road riding, but I've been giving it a bit more stick.
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby ALOSTMIND on Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:06 pm

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fitted these !! got from thetford bike show (ha ha ha)
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Paul on Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:00 pm

They look nice Dean, but can you actually see anything in them other than yourself?! :lol:
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby ALOSTMIND on Wed Jul 21, 2010 12:15 pm

just about ! but hey they look good ! arse end mark two this afternoon ! gonna get rid of that picnic table of a number plate light !! photos will be taken !!!!
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Re: What have you done to your bike today?

Postby Graham on Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:41 am

Finally got round to finishing my race downpipes. Bought some cheap micron pipes off ebay as and had to cut and shut them to fit my yoshi can. Was a real pain in the arse but makes a much better noise now, have to have a spin tomorrow to see if doing away with the cat has done anything.

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